When I purchased a bundle of Amanda Jean Nyberg's Good Neighbors fabric collection, I remembered that blog post and decided I needed to use my new fabric on a blown-up version of that mini quilt.

The original size of the design is 24" square so I multiplied the size by 3. In my version, each block is 12" x 18", making the finished size 72" square.

I added some Michael Miller fat quarters to my Good Neighbors bundle along with other fabrics I had in my stash. I just love the end result. The colours are bright, but everything just works so nicely together thanks to the grey and the white.

I pieced the backing with a bunch of fabrics I had in my stash and the binding is a lot of pink, orange and grey scraps I had.

For the quilting, I went with straight lines - some of them about 1" apart and others only about 1/4" apart. I really like the texture it's giving the quilt.

You can't really tell in the pictures because the difference is extremely subtle, but I used a different colour of thread in each of the columns - white, grey, pink and orange. It isn't glaring, but it adds a little bit of interest to the quilt when you look at it in person.

As soon as this quilt is washed and dried, it's going to live with my friend Kat who's moving soon and has been through a bit of a tough time lately. I'm hoping the bright and happy colours will put a big smile on her face.

This is project number 6 on my Q1 FAL list. I'm really excited about all of the WIPs I'm finally getting done! Yay!

Very Modern and the colors are just perfect. I love this simple design where the fabric gets to shine. Your simple but very elegant quilting adds extra class to the quilt.Preeti.http://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com

Don't you love how quickly a quilt top comes together when you make such large blocks? Gives you time for awesome teeny tiny quilting like that! Thanks for linking up with TGIFF @ A Quarter Inch from the Edge!

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Welcome to Dizzy Quilts! I am Izzy and by day, I am an e-Learning Designer for a global company. During the evenings and on weekends, I enjoy cutting up fabric and sewing it back together into quilts for the ones I love.